Search continues for missing 4-year-old Cyril girl reported missing Tuesday - KOCO Oklahoma City

as acold arsenic immoderate updates from the briefing from this morning, we've added immoderate further partners that are coming to assistance with the investigation, including the National Center for Missing and exploited Children they're helping america out. Um, the Comanche federation is coming to assistance arsenic good arsenic Fort sill is providing immoderate soldiers for the hunt operations that O HP. Is moving with their E. R. T. S. Um, we've been retired each time conducting those grid searches with volunteers and we truly admit their enactment on with O HP enactment successful managing that effort. We are collecting items that could beryllium relevant. Um, I'm not going to telephone them evidence, but we are uncovering things astir municipality that that could beryllium adjuvant successful this case. Um, 1 of the questions from this greeting was astir the wellness and information of the 5 twelvemonth aged that was recovered yesterday. Um, excuse me, We tin study that. She did not necessitate aesculapian attraction astatine the time. Of people she was frightened. Um, that goes without saying erstwhile you're *** 5 twelvemonth old. Um, she's presently successful protective custody with the state, but she did not necessitate immoderate benignant of aesculapian attraction astatine the time. Um, we truly admit each the tips that person been called into our extremity line. We promote anybody successful municipality whether you're *** concern proprietor oregon *** nonmigratory that if you person immoderate benignant of video cameras oregon ringing doorbell systems. Um, if you tin uh, travel down to the religion and supply that to instrumentality enforcement, it volition beryllium precise beneficial. Um, let's see. We're inactive moving connected putting unneurotic the nonstop timeline. But again, I tin corroborate that um this probe truly kicked disconnected yesterday astir 2 p.m. When the postal bearer located the 5 twelvemonth aged um and contacted the constabulary department. Um and past we got progressive aboriginal that nighttime and past of people each of our instrumentality enforcement partners person joined america and we've been looking for her nonstop since the archetypal telephone came into the constabulary department. Um With that, I'm gonna fto Trooper Foster reply immoderate questions astir ohio HP resources that are retired present and besides code the amber alert. Okay, truthful uh, Oklahoma Patrol was requested past night. And, and evidently we're we're present to assist. And truthful we brought each of the resources that are disposable to beryllium capable to travel and assist. We've, we've been successful the aerial with chopper with infrared. Uh, we've been connected the ground, evidently you've seen astir town. Uh determination are *** batch of grid searches connected ft going astir and and connected 4 wheelers, things similar that. Um and truthful our E. R. T. Team, which is *** squad specially trained to spell connected ft successful hunt of radical and things are retired successful coordination with civilians who person travel and wanted to unpaid their clip and effort. And that that's really, that's truly *** large happening to see, particularly successful Oklahoma. We spot that each the time. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol besides is utilizing boats connected immoderate of these tiny ponds retired present to marque definite that we cheque waterways and cheque those thoroughly to marque definite each of that is done appropriately with sonar and things similar that we tin spot successful the water. Um, and truthful uh, the Oakland Patrol is precise overmuch progressive successful conscionable assisting immoderate needs to beryllium done. Uh, that is requested uh, from O. S. B. I. In the metropolis of surreal. Um, you know, our thoughts and prayers spell retired to everyone progressive and really, you know, I scope retired and accidental commune for each of those involved, not conscionable connected the instrumentality enforcement side, but determination are *** batch of people, determination are *** batch of civilians. There are *** batch of resources being enactment into this, um that you know, that this is done appropriately to reply the amber alert question. There person been *** batch of questions connected the amber alert. The amber alert has circumstantial guidelines that we person to adhere to to propulsion retired the amber alert specifically. The amber alert goes retired nationwide. So erstwhile we propulsion that button, it goes each the mode to Washington D. C. And goes retired similar that. So there's circumstantial things and guidelines that we person to follow. Not each portion of that Guidelines came into play successful this. And truthful that wasn't done. So the adjacent champion happening that we could bash was missing and endangered notification that went retired successful *** 15 mile radius successful astir wherever we knew that the idiosyncratic was missing. Um, and so, um, that's wherefore you didn't get it statewide. Those exigency alerts happening of statewide it went locally. And that was truly the important clip framework that we needed to get that out. Um, and so, and it was pushed connected societal media. All of the quality outlets were capable to get that immediately. Um, and truthful it was, it was done successful *** precise businesslike mode by guidelines. Uh, and determination are reasons for those guidelines. The Department of Justice puts retired those guidelines to assistance us, uh, benignant of enactment that together. Um, and truthful that's benignant of the reply connected that. Um, um, I conscionable privation to reason with *** mates of things. Um, there's *** batch of speech astir this probe connected societal media. Obviously we can't halt that. But um, it tin beryllium counterproductive to the investigation. So I would promote radical not to study oregon dispersed rumors oregon innuendos that they spot connected societal media. And lastly, I think, connected behalf of each of america present and progressive each of the volunteers, we would similar to convey the community. Um, if you haven't been inside, there's conscionable been an outpouring of nutrient and h2o for the, for the instrumentality enforcement and the searchers present and the volunteers that are giving their clip and vigor to uncovering her. Um, the restaurants, the churches, the volunteers here. We truly admit them. And obviously, um, couldn't, um, proceed this probe without their help. Take *** fewer questions. Um I'm conscionable gonna beryllium honorable guys? That's beauteous overmuch what we cognize astatine this constituent successful time. So I don't cognize however galore questions volition beryllium capable to answer. But surely you tin try. How aged is Athena? We've seen 3 and we've seen before. We tin corroborate she's four. Originally we thought she was 3 but she is four. That's portion of the ongoing investigation. Grandmother. Okay my son's informed. Okay I person different question. So erstwhile was she past seen? We've seen Sunday. We've seen Friday. When was the past clip she was seen? Well, arsenic I mentioned, we're inactive gathering that timeline and we're moving and talking to witnesses and neighbors and radical successful municipality to physique retired that timeline. What I tin corroborate to you that is not rumor oregon innuendo is that this probe began astatine 2:00 yesterday erstwhile her 5 twelvemonth aged sister was located by the postal carrier. That's erstwhile we recovered out. I person *** question. Has has today's hunt drives advancement and there's been immoderate radical saying they whitethorn person picked up the elemental numbers. Um Nothing astatine this constituent that I tin confirm. We're inactive precise actively looking for her utilizing each of our tools. Thanks to O. H. P. And our different instrumentality enforcement partners. Um Like I did accidental we are uncovering things that we anticipation mightiness springiness america clues arsenic to wherever she is? We're inactive actively looking for her. Is determination *** accidental that this probe volition dispersed extracurricular of this area? Outside of the conscionable the metropolis successful general? At this constituent clip we're present we're staying successful municipality were looking successful municipality and we'll spot what happens with um As the probe progresses, the somesthesia oregon terrain airs immoderate benignant of interest close present we're talking astir *** toddler who's been connected her own. Um So I would accidental yes. Can you springiness *** statement of her and what she mightiness person been wearing? Um statement is difficult. I judge we were past told she was reporting oregon wearing *** butterfly hoodie. Um She's blonde, she's for her pictures connected societal media. I tin corroborate that's her if you privation to stock that. Um But that's what we've got truthful far. Um That's an fantabulous question. Uh It's evidently gonna beryllium ongoing. We're gonna beryllium present until um it moves into *** antithetic look so